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Karachi: Corruption case FIA restrained from arresting minister

Karachi: Corruption case FIA restrained from arresting minister

KARACHI: The SindhHighCourt on Thursday restrained the FederalInvestigationAgency from arresting and charge-sheeting MakhdoomAminFahim, a senior leader of the PakistanPeople’sParty and federal minister, in the NationalInsuranceCompanyLimited (NICL) scam case unless reasonable material against him was made available on record. A division bench headed by JusticeSajjadAliShah disposed of the federal minister’s petition against his involvement in the scam with the direction. The federal minister, represented by Advocate RasheedA. Razvi, impleaded the interior secretary, FIA director-general, regional director and the deputy director of the FIA’scrime circle, Karachi, as respondents. His counsel submitted that the petitioner was a renowned political figure of the country and Sajjadanashin (caretaker) of a shrine, DargahGhous–ul–HaqHazratMakhdoomSarwarNooh, at Hala and had millions of followers.

He stated that Mr Fahim had an unblemished political background and was falsely and with mala fide intentions involved by FIAofficials in the FIR (21/2010) registered at the commercial bank circle on Nov22, 2010.

The counsel submitted that his client was neither named in the FIR nor was he mentioned as an accused in the charge-sheet filed in the trial court.

He stated that the petitioner was being charged with appointing then NICLchiefAyazKhanNiazi and buying 10 acres in Korangi at exorbitant prices, thus causing colossal losses to the national exchequer.

Advocate Razvi submitted that the rules were followed by the ministry of commerce, and two other names besides AyazKhanNiazi were recommended for appointment as NICL chairman and the appointment was made by the prime minister after considering the recommendations by the relevant authority.

He submitted that the petitioner and family members had obtained a loan from a private bank and to repay the outstanding amount, a mortgaged property in DHAPhase VI was sold to ZafarSaleem, also a co-accused in the NICLscam, for Rs72.5million.

The counsel said his client had received a partial payment of Rs41 million from ZafarSaleem, but the execution of the property sale could not be fulfilled due to his death in an air crash and the received amount was returned to his legal heirs through cheques. He submitted that a lawsuit in respect of such a property was disposed of by the court with the parties’ consent.

According to the FIA, Rs900million was transferred to a joint account of KhalidAnwarKhan and KhawajaAkbar Butt, though the real owner of the amount was ZafarSaleem, a former national athlete and director-general of the Sindh Workers’ Welfare Board, who was killed in a plane crash on July28, 2010.

The counsel submitted that FIAofficials were harassing and humiliating the petitioner.

Apprehending the arrest of his client, the counsel asked the court to direct the respondents not to harass, humiliate and arrest the petitioner.